Australian synth-punk project screensaver channel ideas around authority, distortion, and structural breakdown into a dense, expansive take on post punk. Their sound moves steadily, grounded by motorik rhythms and edged with flashes of new wave, creating a sound where tension and release sit side by side.
The new single Division is out digitally via their hometown label, Poison City Records, and features a coherent blend of synth-punk and post punk sounds combined artfully.
They say of the new single: "Thematically, the lyrics hone in on the geopolitical state of the world. As the focus shifts perpetually and our attention is pulled in multiple directions, we’re left a fractured mess. We’re left divided by the distractions, crushed under the weight of a constant downpour of misinformation.The divide widens as we share the same space, the same air, the same earth. The very earth that we’re destroying in parallel as we fight against each other. Division is the mission and the powers that be are succeeding."
On the video, the band shares: "The song is accompanied by a video conceptualised by singer Krystal Maynard and directed and shot by drummer James Beck, inspired by the neo-noir dystopia of gritty 80’s sci-fi films. The video taps into this social commentary/calamity; examining our shared anxieties, our allegiances, tribalism and the dichotomy of the individual and the collective. There’s also an inescapable visual comparison to Romero and Fulci zombie films as they group clumps together, but they’re not flesh eaters. They are humans hungry for connection."
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Poison City Records
Video directed by James Beck-
